Hard to believe, but there was a point in the Blackout game when things weren’t going so swimmingly for the home team. In the middle of the third quarter, Auburn capped off a 17 point run against the Dawgs with a Wes Byrum field goal to take a 20-17 lead. During that stretch, Georgia didn’t have any answers for Will Muschamp’s defense, particularly Antonio Coleman’s one man wrecking crew performance.

But it turned out that it only took one play to unleash the hounds.

Start at the 5:50 mark on the clip. What you’ll see is Stafford stepping back and throwing a beautiful strike to Sean Bailey down the right sideline that Bailey makes a slight adjustment on. With that play, the momentum shifted for the last time, as Georgia went on to score 28 straight points to rout Auburn 45-20.

Nice call on this play. I seem to remember CMR saying this was the turning point in the game on the CMR show.
I agree with Ally on the HB pass play. It would’ve been one of the most memorable plays for me had it not been called back.

HB – these plays are memorable from my selfish perspective. And I’ve got to tell you as someone sitting in Sanford Stadium growing more nervous by the minute about Georgia blowing a game to Auburn after beating Florida for the umpteenth time, this play definitely qualified.

Quote Of The Day

“I’m thrilled for this day to get here, and I’m excited to find out how a lot of these new guys learn. These practices are not easy, and the idea is to create adversity for your team and find out who your leaders are.” — Kirby Smart, Chattanooga Times Free Press, 8/1/17